Caramelised Red Onion & Pine Nut Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 40 ml olive oil
• 30 g butter
• 3 red onions, peeled, halved, thinly sliced
• 60 ml red wine vinegar
• 60 g brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 375 ml heavy cream
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 sheets phyllo pastry
• 60 g toasted pine nuts

Recipe

• 1 lightly brush a 19cm slab pan with a little of the olive oil.
• 2 preheat your oven to 180°c.
• 3 melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium to high heat.
• 4 add the onions and cook stirring for 10 minutes or until soft.
• 5 add the vinegar and sugar and stir to combine.
• 6 cook stirring occasionally for 8-10 minutes or until the liquid evaporates, and onions caramelise.
• 7 set aside to cool slightly for about 5 minutes.
• 8 whisk together the eggs, cream and the salt.
• 9 place the phyllo pastry on a clean surface, and-working very quickly- brush each sheet with a little olive oil and fold in half crossways.
• 10 place phyllo crossways in pan to line base and 2 opposite sides.
• 11 repeat with the remaining 3 sheets until all of the base and sides are covered.
• 12 spread onions over pastry, then the cream mixture, then sprinkle with the nuts.
• 13 bake the tart, covered with foil in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then uncover and bake for a further 15 minutes or until set.
• 14 leave to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before cutting into 4 pieces to serve.
• 15 serve with a salad of green leaves.